Set your compass north, south, east or west and you’ll find history was never dull in West Virginia. From Wheeling’s National Historic Area to Matewan in Mingo County, and from […]
Author: The Dominion Post
Once again, MLK stands accused
What are you prepared to believe about the private life of Martin Luther King Jr.? Throughout his career leading the civil rights movement, he was the target of extensive FBI […]
A case for restorative justice
Ava DuVernay’s dramatic Netflix miniseries “When They See Us” chronicles the infamous wrongful conviction of five black and Latino teenagers in New York City for the brutal 1989 rape and […]
Mexico was easy target for threats
Mexico is breathing a collective sigh of relief following President Trump’s decision to temporarily suspend his threat to impose draconian tariffs on Mexican goods. But don’t kid yourself: The truce […]
Finding people to fill small town’s empty spaces
A tiny French mountain village with a long name, L’Hospitalet-pres-l’Andorre, has lost half its population over three decades, according to the French newspaper Le Monde. Its name in English would […]
June 12 letters to the editor
Freedom of religion extends to all faiths It’s almost difficult to know how to respond to the ignorance and religious bigotry on display in some recent anti-Muslim letters to the […]
Results roll in for Star City, Preston, Granville elections
Star city re-elects all incumbents STAR CITY — Voters re-elected all five city council members Tuesday. Sharon Doyle led the incumbents with 89 votes, followed by Todd Gregg (72) Dominick […]
Others need to find spine in Legislature and call out Justice
We rarely find ourselves in agreement with the state Senate’s majority. Or more precisely, with its leadership. Since January 2015 our newspaper has found itself at odds with the Senate’s […]
A harsher but more meaningful life
“When you are told all your life you’re dumb, unworthy, you start believing it. God changed that for me.” Jerry, from Youngstown, Tenn., hesitated to be interviewed by Chris Arnade, […]
Why do selfies of women look like Rockettes?
It must have been the nth time in one day I’d seen a Facebook photo of a group of women I know standing in what I think of as that […]
